Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethink

An old culture investigated from a new perspective of Feminism in relation to the traditional values of Islam. -- Amazon.com.

Michael Herb proposes a new paradigm for understanding politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. He critiques the theory of the rentier state and argues that we mu

This book examines, in comparative perspective, the different ideals about family and society and how they have impacted on real family life across a number of

Newly married, Chris and Susanna Naylor set off for a new life in the Arab world - living first in Kuwait, then Jordan and finally Lebanon. In a region never fa